Pairings and tee times: Ricoh Women's British Open

Pairings and tee times: Ricoh Women's British Open

The Ricoh Women’s British Open, the final major of the LPGA season, will be played this week at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. Here are five pairings to watch when play gets started on Sept. 13:

Lydia Ko, Lexi Thompson, Kaori Ohe

Lydia Ko and Lexi Thompson might be the two biggest under-18 sensations in women’s golf. This will be 15-year-old Ko’s first pro start since winning the CN Canadian Women’s Open as an amateur on Aug. 26. Thompson, with one LPGA tour win and one international victory, still hasn’t captured a major. Both seem wise beyond their years.

Paula Creamer, Yani Tseng, Ai Miyazato

World No. 1 Tseng enters the week as the two-time defending champion, and will play with Paula Creamer and Ai Miyazato for the first two rounds. Tseng has struggled this season, and Creamer ended last week’s Kingsmill Championship with a disappointing loss to Jiyai Shin in a Monday playoff. Miyazato has won twice already this year.

Michelle Wie, Beatriz Recari, Carly Booth

Wie is always a player to keep an eye on. As for 20-year-old Carly Booth, she’s already won twice on the Ladies European Tour, and has the talent to fare well at Royal Liverpool.

Na Yeon Choi, Morgan Pressel, Mika Miyazato

Choi’s Blackwolf Run dominance at the U.S. Women’s Open should turn many a head in her direction. Miyazato now has a win under her belt after the Safeway Classic.

Catriona Matthew, Stacy Lewis, Caroline Hedwall

Matthew has won this championship before, in 2009, and is joined in this group by fellow European Solheim Cupper Caroline Hedwall, who has won last week on the Ladies European Tour after being out with injury for the previous two months. Stacy Lewis also is a major winner (2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship) and an American Solheim Cupper.